INSPIRATION
New kid on the
block at 5FM
is one of us!
S
Deliwe Msibi
She went from being ‘that girl on Campus’ to
being a radio presenter on the NWU Vaal’s
own radio station, RiverFM.
Now, Nkaiseng Plaatjie has been offered a
five-day internship by 5FM; and if all goes
well, she stands a good chance of joining the
5FM crew.
Nkaiseng is a beautiful young girl from
Sharpville Gauteng. According to her, she is a
friend, a sister, a daughter to a single parent,
a radio presenter, and an Economics student
at the Vaal Campus.
Her love for radio started when she was still
in High School. She loved impersonating
radio presenters. In 2012 she auditioned at
RiverFM and working there ignited her passion again, guided by her Radio Manager,
Itumeleng Bahetane, she saw that there is
more to radio.
When she received the call from 5FM telling
her the good news, she became very excited.
The first person she called was her Radio
Manager. “I thanked him for growing my love
for radio, and
in me,” she says.
for believing
She believes that there difference between RiverFM
and 5FM. Both of them are targeting the same
audience, the only difference could be
that 5FM generates sales out of
entertaining people.
Nkaiseng is a very focused
on her BCom Economics
and Risk studies, and still
manages to find the
balance between her
books and radio.
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Her best advice is, “radio
is amazing, and there is
so much to radio than
just being behind the
microphone. If you have
a goal you want to
achieve, go for it, but
remember that you might
use different routes from
others to get there”,
Nkaiseng says.